CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Descendants of the Shpoler Zayde, Rabbi Yehuda Leib, gathered for the annual Seudah commemorating the miraculous saving of his life on the 19th of Shvat 218 years ago. At his requests the entire family hold a Seudah celebrating his great miracle.
HONG KONG [CHI] — Hundreds of members, admirers, and supporters of the combined Jewish communities of Asia joined together to celebrate Chabad of Asia’s silver anniversary this past Tu B’shavat. The event was held in Hong Kong, where Chabad first planted its seeds in the Orient 25 years ago with the arrival of Rabbi Mordechai and Goldie Avtzon. Today, over 26 Chabad Houses comprise the fabric of Jewish life in the Far-East.
Yeshiva Gedola Chabad Berlin Farbreng in Honor of Yud Shvat in Krefeld, Germany.
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima.
Avrohom ben Libe who will be having surgery tomorrow, Tuesday
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Vandals targeted Oholei Torah Friday night with anti-Semitic hate graffiti. The vulgar scrawl was found on the steps leading up to the main ballroom on Friday night.
At least 31 people were killed and more than 100 injured on Monday in a suicide bombing at Russia’s biggest airport, Russian news agencies reported.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Over 30 Alumni and Staff of the Yeshiva Ottawa came together for a night of Farbrengen and Inspiration in honor of Yud Shvat. It was not just a Farbrengen, it was also a night to congratulate 50 weeks of consecutive Torah learning by the Bochurim.
Cold enough for you? Bone-chilling cold is prompting some schools around the area to delay openings and some to cancel classes all together as meteorologists warn residents in some parts of New York to stay inside as a blast of arctic weather takes aim at the Northeast.
Red carpet events, V.I.P. cards, flashing paparazzi lights and… Crown Heights? On Friday, February 4, more than 300 teenagers from across the country will gather at the annual National CTeen Shabbaton, where they will enjoy a glamorous V.I.P. weekend complete with a celebrity appearance and a black-tie NYC river cruise.
Alternate Side Parking (street cleaning) rules will be suspended citywide on Monday, January 24 for snow removal. Payment at parking meters will remain in effect.
A letter from Rabbi Amram Klein of Ungvar revealed a troubling behind the scenes look at the ‘installation ceremony’ of Rabbi Yosef Braun last week. The letter was addressed to Rabbi Avrohom Osdoba, who boycotted the event, apologizing to him for his attendance at the ceremony, saying he was duped into it.
Pregnancy may soon have its privileges. A City Councilman has a proposal that might turn the swollen feet, achy back and raging indigestion of a difficult pregnancy into a pretty sweet perk: free parking.
Winnipeg’s new Jewish Learning Centre, smack dab in the middle of Canada, may be the only yeshiva ever built between Vancouver and Toronto. But for the Jewish families who live in the Manitoba capital, the facility is so much more than a place to train future rabbis: It’s their spiritual home.
Get ready for an even bigger chill, New York – and maybe even more snow. National Weather Service forecasters were predicting dangerous wind chills of -1 to -5 degrees from Sunday night into early Monday morning.
Talmidim of Rabbi Soble’s 8th grade Gemara class made a Siyum on a Perek, and celebrated it.
Leib Chaim Goldfarb (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Leah Shaindel Lieberman (Riverdale, NY)
L’Chaim at Orchidea
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